File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 — Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
CVE-2025-2539Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.9.9.0.1No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
File Away file-away
- Affected≤ 3.9.9.0.1
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.9.9.0.1. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under File Away.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch File Away to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Sélim Lanouar (whattheslime).
The File Away plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, leveraging the use of a reversible weak algorithm, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in File Away
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical9.8 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated File Upload via upload Function ≤3.9.9.0.1No patch available | CVE-2025-2512 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ≤3.9.9.0.1No patch available | CVE-2023-0431 |
- Critical9.8Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated File Upload via upload Function
≤3.9.9.0.1No patch available
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
≤3.9.9.0.1No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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